Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-GovernmentLucas Morel examines what the public life of Abraham Lincoln teaches about the role of religion in a self-governing society. Lincoln's understanding of the requirements of republican government led him to accommodate and direct religious sentiment toward responsible self-government. As a successful republic requires a moral or self-controlled people, Lincoln believed, the moral and religious sensibilities of a society should be nurtured. |
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... political the- ory to various domains of thought and action . Such analysis will include works on political thought and literature , statesmanship , American political thought , and contemporary political theory . The editors also ...
... political the- ory to various domains of thought and action . Such analysis will include works on political thought and literature , statesmanship , American political thought , and contemporary political theory . The editors also ...
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... Political Religion Chapter 2 The Political Utility of Religion Chapter 3 The Political Accommodation of Religion Chapter 4 The Political Vices of Religion : An Interpretation of the Temperance Address ix 1 7 23 85 125 Chapter 5 The ...
... Political Religion Chapter 2 The Political Utility of Religion Chapter 3 The Political Accommodation of Religion Chapter 4 The Political Vices of Religion : An Interpretation of the Temperance Address ix 1 7 23 85 125 Chapter 5 The ...
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... Politics and Political Religion The Political Utility of Religion The Political Accommodation of Religion The Political Vices of Religion: An Interpretation of the Temperance Address The Political Limits of Reason and Religion: An ...
... Politics and Political Religion The Political Utility of Religion The Political Accommodation of Religion The Political Vices of Religion: An Interpretation of the Temperance Address The Political Limits of Reason and Religion: An ...
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... Lincoln for his commitment to human equality , few understand that his political acumen had as much to do with understanding where his countrymen then stood with regard to political right as with where Lincoln wished to take them . In ...
... Lincoln for his commitment to human equality , few understand that his political acumen had as much to do with understanding where his countrymen then stood with regard to political right as with where Lincoln wished to take them . In ...
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... political religion . " If this sentiment constituted the only expression of Lincoln's understanding of the relationship between religion and republican government , one would be hard - pressed to understand him to be " the theologian of ...
... political religion . " If this sentiment constituted the only expression of Lincoln's understanding of the relationship between religion and republican government , one would be hard - pressed to understand him to be " the theologian of ...
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel No preview available - 2000 |
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22 February abolitionist Abraham Lincoln Address 22 February Address 4 March Almighty American Founding American Political Religion American regime American self-government Annual Message appeal believe Bible biblical Buren called cause chaplains Christian church citizenry citizens civil religion Claremont Institute Collected concludes Declaration of Independence divine Douglas drunkards Emancipation Proclamation Emphasis added evil faith federal freedom Gettysburg Address God's hope Illinois 27 January Inaugural Address-Final Text institutions insurgents Jaffa Jefferson John Joshua F judgment July justice law-abidingness laws letter Lincoln's political Lyceum Address Lyceum of Springfield Message to Congress moral nation paragraph passion peace perpetuation political religion prayer Presbyterian president principle reason reference Republican reverence rhetoric Second Inaugural Address slavery slaves South southern speech Springfield Temperance Address 22 temperance movement temperance reform Text 4 March thanksgiving Thurow truth U.S. Constitution Union United University Press unto vols Washingtonians William William Lloyd Garrison York Young Men's Lyceum